Greetings!
Northern California is home to one of the most plentiful chess regions in the
United States. We are one of the top five states* in membership in the
U.S. Chess Federation.

We have dozens of local chess clubs in our
club list
that you can drop in and enjoy a casual game. The
Mechanic's Institute Chess Club
in downtown San Francisco is
in fact the oldest chess club in the U.S.
If you are serious about some competition, look at our
tournament page
as there is a chess tournament for almost every weekend in the year.
We have several of the top scholastic players in the United States and
a few of them are even World Champion caliber for their age group.

* USCF considers Northern and Southern California two different states.

The CalChess Board of Directors has voted to start
publishing the California Chess Journal again. In March, Eric Schiller created a Winter 2009 issue
(
see back issues),
later we had well-known writer Frisco Del Rosario create a Summer 2010, up to
January 2011 issue. Next we had the young and talented Aditya Kumar as editor for two issues in 2012.
Now we have Scott Mason taking over for a few issues, the latest you will
see below.
With your support, we are hoping to continue publishing
an electronic version four times a year.
Once we get this established, issues will be FREE and emailed
to all current CalChess members.
If you are interested in receiving a copy, make sure your membership is up-to-date,
by checking for your name on the
Membership List.
We will also publish back issues on the website, and if CalChess has the financial resources,
you may see some printed issues you can pick up (for free) at your local tournament!